Chapter 24: The Wisdom of Giants

After Zacharias captured Meredith from Colorado, he has always suspected that Li Zijun has installed an informant on his side. In order to keep it a secret, his contact with Ernest during this time was entirely done by himself, and he avoided Kelvin's eyes.

Li Zijun, who didn't know anything about Zacharias, took Sister Anna and set off happily.

Li Zijun regarded this trip as an experience for himself, and in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, he ordered Carpenter's convoy to follow them and distance himself from them, allowing him to use martial arts and magic to clear the way.

Later, Sister Anna joined, and for a while, the three of them had a lot of fun on the road, and every day they could see magic and vindictiveness raging on the plants on the road. The beasts were all naturally alert, and seeing the strong strength of these three people, they didn't dare to approach at will. Along the way, they encountered few wild beasts, and they could only catch some small rabbits and other animals, and occasionally beat their teeth.

The performance of Li Zijun and Sister Anna has long been accustomed to in the eyes of those guards, but it is very different in the eyes of others.

In fact, when Li Zijun and his party entered the mountain, they were already targeted by the night elves. Their tracking skills are extremely ingenious, and because of the dense vegetation in the mountains, Li Zijun, who has always been sensitive, ignores their existence.

The Night Elves actually don't want to take over this business, Li Zijun is the Emperor of the Seine Peninsula! Assassinating such a person, before and after, will bring huge trouble to the Night Elves, no matter what aspect you consider, it will be more than worth the loss!

It's just that this time the Night Elves can't help it, Abigai's ancestors once had a kindness to the Night Elves, and the Night Elves left a token in order to thank him. And promised that as long as you find the Night Elves with this token, the Night Elves will unconditionally help someone complete an assassination mission.

When Abigay was driven out of the Seine, he secretly told Ernest where the token was buried.

The Night Elves have a rule that if they can't complete the task within half a year, they will refund ten times the commission to protect the safety of the Night Elves. It was because of this rule that Ernest never dared to use this token. This time, Li Zijun left the Hou Mansion, and finally made him wait for the opportunity, and after he succeeded in encouraging Zakarias, he immediately found the Night Elves.

Zacharias was not a figure worthy of allegiance, and Ernest would have left this timid fellow long ago if it weren't for avenging Count Abigai. This time, Ernest plans to take revenge on Abigay and make a big deal on Zacharias, and then leave the Seine Peninsula.

After taking this task, the Night Elves sent three swordsmen and three magicians to monitor Li Zijun's possible entry into the mountain according to the information provided by Ernest.

Originally, the original intention of the Night Elves was to wait until Li Zijun appeared to make peace, and then they would complete the task. But when these six people saw the strength of Li Zijun, Sister Anna and the guards around them, they gave up their initial idea, and finally decided to separate two people to report the situation, and the remaining four people continued to follow.

After more than twenty days of trekking, Li Zijun and the others finally arrived at the dwarf tribe. Looking at the dwarves of more than 10,000 people, standing in front of him in rags, with the small house they built behind him, which looked even more shabby than the set of a certain inferior TV series, Li Zijun couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart.

The old patriarch of the dwarven tribe, Cronin, personally welcomed Li Zijun out of the station, and welcomed Li Zijun to one of their most 'luxurious' grass houses. In order to entertain Li Zijun, a distinguished guest, the dwarven tribe took out what little food they had left, which looked like taro in Li Zijun's eyes. Looking at the longing eyes of the children around him, Li Zijun really couldn't put this thing in his mouth, and he gave the food in his hand to these children.

"Patriarch, there is no way for you to go on like this! Although Carpenter is living a beautiful life outside the mountain, he is beyond his power to let him feed you tens of thousands of people! I think you should go out of the mountain with me, I will let you have your own land, so that you can also rely on your liliang to support yourself. Li Zijun looked at the old patriarch in front of him who was about to mop the ground with his beard and said sincerely.

"Actually, we also had the idea of going out of the mountain, but there were too many of us here! When we first came out of the cave, we were attacked by a horde of wild beasts, and many of us were injured, and we really couldn't get out for a while. Fortunately, we have found a suitable piece of land in the back mountain, and if everything is in order, we will be able to harvest something next month, so that our life will be better. Cronin's eyes lit up as he said this, but then he thought of something and suddenly frowned.

As soon as Cronin's words fell, a dwarf hurried in.

"Patriarch, that group of barbarians has come to grab water from us again!" this person didn't care that Li Zijun was still sitting next to him, and shouted anxiously.

When Cronin heard the dwarf's words, he jumped up from his chair.

"Master Hou, I'm really sorry, something happened to us here, I have to go and see it quickly!" Seeing Li Zijun smiling and nodding, Cronin ran out with the dwarf just now.

Li Zijun hesitated for a moment and walked out of the grass house after Cronin. At this time, all the strong men among the dwarves ran towards the back mountain, and Li Zijun took Sister Anna and all the guards to follow the flow of people.

When they arrived at the back mountain, they found that Cronin was facing a strong man who was more than two meters tall, and behind him was dozens of guys of his size, all of whom were holding clubs.

"Aren't you too much, old man!" said the strong man, pointing to a stream.

"Silly big man, you agreed to irrigate the two of us together, why do you suddenly regret it now!" Cronin asked loudly and unrelentingly, standing opposite the strong man.

"Old dwarf, when will we giants talk doesn't count! I promised you that you can also irrigate the land, but I said before the sun is in the middle, when do you see what time it is now?" said the strong man, pointing to the sun in the sky.

Cronin glanced up, the sun was indeed in the west, and he was a little embarrassed.

"Silly big man, it's not right for us today! I'm going to you daoqian! But our old friends for so many years, don't make a fuss like this for such a trivial matter!"

"Old dwarf, speak with a conscience! If it weren't for the sake of our old friends for so many years, I would have given you this land? Will I let you use this stream? When you are besieged by wild beasts, will you bring your people to help you? Don't you think that if you find a backer, you can forget your old friend!" The strong man pointed to Li Zijun and them, and said dissatisfiedly.

"Silly big man, the giants will never forget our help to the dwarves! I blame everything for today's events! I also hope that you can forgive us this time, and I will immediately tell our people to strictly abide by the agreement between us. Cronin also knew that he was at a loss, and assured the strong man.

The strong man got the assurance of the old patriarch, and he didn't say anything more, and left with the people. Before leaving, the group of people behind the strong man also waved the wooden stick in their hands at Li Zijun and them, and their eyes were full of threat.

In the face of the provocation of the giant clan, Li Zijun just smiled, and did not say anything else, he had not yet figured out who was right and who was wrong in this matter, and he didn't want to express his opinion casually.

Seeing Li Zijun standing behind him, Cronin's face was full of shame, and he took Li Zijun and Sister Anna back to the grass house before.

"Old patriarch, it seems that you are not very peaceful here!" Li Zijun said with a smile.

"Master Hou, I'm smiling at you! We are neighbors with the Giant Clan, and our relationship has been good for so many years, and there are very few conflicts between us. After we were driven out of the cave by the strange big dog, we didn't know that Weishenme had attracted a large number of wild beasts, and just when we suffered heavy losses, the patriarch Geraldine, the strong man who had just spoken to me, also brought his people to help us expel the wild beasts, and then helped us find the land behind the mountain to cultivate, and gave us great help. Today's incident is indeed our fault, our people are too anxious, worried that the land is not irrigated enough, we have no harvest, this is why today's misunderstanding. Cronin explained embarrassedly.

"They are the Giant Clan, can you tell me about them, are there any other races here?" Li Zijun didn't expect to see the Giant Clan in this place, and asked with some curiosity.

"In this mountain, there are many peoples who have been eliminated by human beings, and most of them have been excluded from the outside world and have to enter the mountain life. The giants we just saw, all of them are more than two meters tall, and they usually make a living by hunting and farming. Geraldine's tribe numbered about two or three thousand men, and seven or eight hundred warriors could fight, and they were one of the largest giant tribes in the mountains. ”

"There are seven or eight hundred warriors for two or three thousand, and they are not almost all adults who can take part in the battle?"

"This is their advantage, but it is also their sorrow, few people in the Giant Clan can live past the age of sixty, and almost all of them can fight to the moment of life!"

Heart disease! It must have been the disease that took the life of the giants!

"They have also had a hard time during this time, there are fewer and fewer wild beasts around them, and the harvest in the land is getting worse and worse, and their lives are actually not much better than ours!" said the old patriarch with a sigh.

There are fewer and fewer beasts!Li Zijun suddenly thought of something when he heard Cronin say this. Thinking that he had just entered the dwarf tribe and there was a water grab, Li Zijun seemed to realize something.

"Old Patriarch, I'm interested in the Giant Tribe, I want to go to them to have a look, is that okay?" Li Zijun wanted to meet Geraldine in person, he felt that this person didn't want to be as simple as it seemed on the outside.

"I could have sent someone to take you over, and Geraldine should have received you as well, but as you saw just now, they are all very rude, and I am worried that Lord Hou will be in danger in the past. Cronin hesitated.

"I'm just curious to see what the Giants live in, and I'm not going to provoke them. I don't think they'll be too embarrassed about me for their friendship with you for so many years. I'll just take my woman with me, and the other guards will stay here so that they won't arouse their suspicions, do you think that's okay?"

Hearing Li Zijun say that he was his woman, the Anna sisters all turned red, but they did not correct Li Zijun's statement.

When Cronin heard Li Zijun say this, he couldn't say anything, but he was still worried that the Giant Clan would hurt Li Zijun, so he personally took Li Zijun to the door of the Giant Tribe.

When they arrived there, Geraldine was still in front of the door to tell the sentry guarding the water source, and he saw Cronin and Li Zijun, and greeted them warmly.

Cronin and Geraldine exchanged a few simple pleasantries, and Geraldine politely introduced Li Zijun and the three into the tribe. Originally, Cronin also wanted to follow up, but Geraldine politely rejected Cronin's idea on the grounds that the two clans had just had a dispute.

Seeing Geraldine's performance, Li Zijun showed a knowing smile, he had already guessed what the patriarch of the giant clan was thinking. Letting go of his thoughts, Li Zijun observed the buildings of the Giant Clan. All the buildings here are in the style of rough mining, practicality, and boldness, most of the houses are made of whole tree trunks, and the stone houses you occasionally see are also made of huge stones. Li Zijun couldn't think of anyone other than the Giant Clan who would build a house in this way.

Geraldine led them straight into the Giants' parlor, which was even wider than the palaces in the palace. There was no one else in the living room except for the two giant-clan girls. Seeing that the other party didn't put any knife formation or anything like that for himself, Li Zijun couldn't help but laugh secretly that he was thinking a little too much.

"Master Hou, these are my two daughters, do you think they can be seen?" Geraldine pointed to the two girls and asked Li Zijun.

"It's beautiful, it's beautiful!" Li Zijun didn't expect the patriarch to be so direct, so he had to keep nodding and saying. But he immediately regretted it, because there was a strong pain in his back, and Anne couldn't help but take action!

"It's good to be pretty, Master Hou, sit!" Geraldine sat down.

"Master Hou, do you have any advice for coming to me today?" Geraldine said with a smile when Li Zijun sat down with difficulty (the seat of the Giant Clan was too high!).

"Patriarch, don't you want to see me?" Li Zijun said as he took the water glass handed to him by the girl of the Giant Clan.

Geraldine was slightly stunned when he heard Li Zijun say this, looked at Sister Anna behind Li Zijun, and hesitated.

"Patriarch, they are all my women, please tell me anything about it!"

"Master Hou, if they were your women, they wouldn't be able to let them stay here, how could women participate in men's affairs!" Geraldine said, Li Zijun thought that the status of women in the giant clan was extremely low, and they could not participate in the discussion of major affairs in the clan. It would have been easier for Sister Anna to be his handmaidens, but he had just made it clear that they were his own women, and it would be a bit rude for Geraldine to let them stay here. He turned to look at Sister Anna, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"How about the two sisters taking us out to see outside?" Anne was also well-behaved this time, and stood up first, but she didn't suffer a loss, and took the two giants out of the way, and Anna smiled and followed.

"Patriarch, please tell me something!" Li Zijun watched them walk out, and then he breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Geraldine and asked.

"Master Hou, I won't hide it from you, the life of our giant clan has become more and more difficult. Even if we survive this winter, we will run out of food as soon as spring begins next year. ”

"That's why you drove those beasts to attack the dwarven tribes!" Li Zijun asked, staring at Geraldine.

"Now that you've seen it, I won't hide it from you! The dwarven tribe has a lot to do with the attack of wild beasts. We killed the cubs of the beasts and buried them on the outskirts of the dwarven tribe. I wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob, but Zuihou saw that they were even worse than us, and if we allowed them to kill all the beasts, our winter would be even more sad, so I led my people to drive away those beasts. Geraldine did not hide it, and directly admitted the matter, and his approach also won Li Zijun's favor.

"You have also seen that even if all the people are dispatched, it will not be possible to destroy the dwarf tribe, and it will cause great damage to itself, so I finally gave up the attack on the dwarf tribe!"

Hearing Li Zijun say this, Geraldine nodded awkwardly.

"I just saw that there is no shortage of water in your fields, and if I guessed correctly, you want to use our liliang to get out of the mountains, so you have a dispute with the dwarven tribe over water during this time, right?" Li Zijun took a sip of water and said casually.

Geraldine didn't expect that his actions were completely guessed by Li Zijun, and he looked at Li Zijun and didn't know what to say.

"I can give you land, seeds and all kinds of farming tools, and everything you need. But I want to know, what can you give me?" Li Zijun has actually fallen in love with the strong physique of the Giant Clan, and if they are allowed to form an army, they will definitely become a sharp weapon for themselves on the battlefield. It's just that these words can't be said by him, and he is waiting for Geraldine to make a condition.

"Master Hou, since you have come to the Giant Tribe today, that is, I have what you need here! As long as you are willing to accept our Giant Clan out of the mountains, you can mention any conditions, even if you want my Geraldine's head, I will never be ambiguous!" Geraldine thought for a long time, and he didn't expect that he had anything in his hand that could impress Li Zijun, but he was not stupid, and pushed the problem back to Li Zijun.

Li Zijun was waiting for Geraldine's attitude, and he directly said the conditions.

"I need the Giants to provide me with a troop of three hundred, and if you wish, you can join my troops! ”

"What about my people?"

"They will get everything I promised! They will become ordinary inhabitants of my Seine Peninsula, and although they will not receive any preferential treatment, I will not allow the giants to be discriminated against by others. ”

After listening to Li Zijun's words, Geraldine fell into deep thought. Li Zijun knew that this was not such an easy decision, and he didn't urge Geraldine, just sat there and drank water silently.

"Master Hou, in principle, I agree to the conditions you put forward, but this matter is related to the survival of the entire giant clan, I must ask for the consent of the others, can you give me a little time to talk to the others. ”

"Okay, then I'll go back to the dwarf tribe and wait for your good news!" Li Zijun jumped out of his chair, Geraldine sent him out of the living room, and Li Zijun found Sister Anna and returned to the dwarf tribe with them.

"Ed, which of the two giant girls do you think is more beautiful?" asked Annie as soon as she returned to the dwarf tribe, looking at Li Zijun with a sour expression.

"No matter how they look at me, Anna and Anne are not as pretty!" Li Zijun knew that he couldn't talk nonsense at this time, let alone leave anyone behind, so he tried his best to put on a sincere smile and said.

"Ed, I'm afraid you really have more than one giant clan wife this time! Which of the two do you think is more pleasing to the eye?" To Li Zijun's surprise, Anna actually teased him this time.

"Anna, why do you learn from Anne and make such a joke with me?" Li Zijun laughed dumbly.

"This is no joke, if I'm not mistaken, Geraldine's performance today is all for you! But they can't come up with anything to tie you up, and they can only rely on women. Anna's words surprised Li Zijun! He had already seen Geraldine's thoughts, but he really didn't expect that Anna, who was usually quiet, would have such an opinion, it seemed that he really underestimated her.

"Surprised! Sister still has some abilities that you don't know! She is the future general candidate of our elven clan, but looking at the way she looks now, her talent can only be wasted in your Hou Mansion. Anne said with a sigh.

Li Zijun didn't know what to say, and the 'monkey' ran over.

"Young Master, do you want to see the cave where the dwarven tribe used to live?" said the 'monkey' with a wink.

Hearing him ask, not only Li Zijun, but even Sister Anna was interested, and they asked their subordinates to say hello to the old patriarch and follow the 'monkey' towards the mountain.

I don't know weishenme, the closer Li Zijun gets to the cave, the more familiar he feels with the surrounding environment, and even if there is no encouragement from the 'monkey' at this time, he wants to go up and have a look.

The 'monkey' led them to the cave and smiled and pointed to the hole. Anne immediately walked towards the cave, but she soon showed a pained expression. There was nothing on the surface of the hole, and they could see some of the inside of the cave, but when Anne walked over, it was as if she had hit a wall and was bounced back.

"'Monkey', what the hell is going on, I can't get in?" asked Anne, rubbing her reddened forehead, looking at 'Monkey'.

"Miss Anne, if I had known what was going on, I would have been in last time, and I wouldn't have been out and watching the excitement all the time. ”

"How dare you look at Miss Ben's bustle!" said Anne, who was upset when she heard the words of the 'monkey', and wanted to chase after him and beat him up. Thanks to Anna holding her, 'Monkey' was able to escape this ordeal!

"Ed, what's wrong with you?" Anna was just holding Anne when she saw Li Zijun's solemn expression.

"I felt familiar with the scene around me. Li Zijun said as he raised his hand and touched the entrance of the cave.

"Hey!" Anne just wanted to remind Li Zijun, but she suddenly saw Li Zijun's hand actually reach into the cave, and then he went in as well. But when she tried to go in again, she was bounced out again.

"Ed, how did you get in?" Anne asked dissatisfiedly as she looked at Li Zijun's back, but Li Zijun couldn't hear what she said, and after he entered the cave, the scene in front of him changed, and it was no longer what he saw outside the cave, and there was a wall behind him, and he couldn't exit. He couldn't see Sister Anna and the 'monkey' behind him, frantically calling his name!